The purpose of creation is LILA - the Play of the Divine. God, being perfect and self-fulfilled cannot possibly have a reason or purpose for creation. If He/She/It does have purpose then the Divine perfection is compromised. Creation of something is only required if that thing is lacking in oneself. Some would say that God created the Universe for self-glorification and so that he could be adored by humankind - what does this say about his lack of self-esteem?
The other theories of why an omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent God would create an imperfect universe only has meaning in a geocentric universe - where mankind is the centre of creation. In a Hubble perspective (Home) they are meaningless.
The earth is the size of a grain of sand on all the combined beaches of the world! Why on earth would the Divine Source of this unbelievably and inconceivably vast universe require earthlings who are only 100,000 years in existence on a temporary grain of sand want, need or require our, worship, adoration and validation?
So Hinduism concludes that there is only one possible reason for the existence of the Universe - Divine Play. When one dances or plays - there is no purpose, goal or aim to be achieved there is just self-satisfaction, self-pleasure. This is illustrated by the dance of Lord Shiva as naṭarāja - the dance of creation, preservation and destruction - it has its similitude in the dance of the atom.
The vast cosmos is dancing and vibrating to the tune of the cosmic drum (ḍamaru).
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