Mantra
Devanagari:
प्रणमामि सदा ऋतम्भराय
ॐ ऋजुप्रीताय नमो नमः
Transliteration:
Pranamami Sada Ritambharaya
Om Rijupritaya Namo Namaha
Translation:
I bow perpetually in devotion unto Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), the remover of supreme grace and protection,
Om, salutations again and again to Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), revered in the sacred epithet Rijupritaya.