Furthermore, in the Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika school God assembles the world (from atoms), but by contrast in Sāṅkhya-Yoga he is inactive, since he is a form of Puruṣa (inert spiritual force).
In yogic philosophy, God’s main purpose seems to be to help us evolve towards spiritual realization.
God himself is a kind of fully spiritual being or Puruṣa—which serves as a model for humanity’s yogic project of returning to primordial Spirit (Puruṣa).
Similarly, the ascetic guru is a God-like being that is a model for people aspiring for spiritual emancipation to emulate.