The Telugu version of the Yogatattva Upanishad has 142 verses, while the shortest surviving manuscript in Sanskrit is just 15 verses. Both versions open by hailing Hindu god Vishnu as the supreme Purusha or supreme spirit, the great Yogin, the Supreme Being, the great Tapasvin (meditator), and a lamp in the path of the truth. This links the text to the Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism.