 Vachanas are brief paragraphs, and they end with one or the other local names under which Shiva is invoked or offered "Pooja".In style, they are epigrammatical, parallelistic and allusive.They dwell on the vanity of riches, the valuelessness of mere rites or book learning, the uncertainty of life and the spiritual privileges of Shiva Bhakta (worshiper of lord Shiva).