ॐ पुण्यकीर्तये विद्महे
पुरातनाय धीमहि
तन्नः षण्मुखः प्रचोदयात्
Om Punyakirtaye Vidmahe
Puratanaya Dhimahi
Tannah Shanmukhah Prachodayat
Om, may we know Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), he of holy and purifying fame,
And meditate deeply upon Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), revered in the sacred epithet Puratanaya;
May six-faced Lord Shanmukha guide and enlighten our mind.