Mantra
Devanagari:
प्रणमामि सदा शर्मणे
ॐ शिष्टेष्टाय नमो नमः
Transliteration:
Pranamami Sada Sharmane
Om Shishteshtaya Namo Namaha
Translation:
I bow perpetually in devotion unto Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), revered in the sacred epithet Sharmane,
Om, salutations again and again to Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), revered in the sacred epithet Shishteshtaya.