Mantra
Devanagari:
प्रणमामि सदा ईडनीयाय
ॐ ईशपुत्राय नमो नमः
Transliteration:
Pranamami Sada Idaniyaya
Om Ishaputraya Namo Namaha
Translation:
I bow perpetually in devotion unto Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), revered in the sacred epithet Idaniyaya,
Om, salutations again and again to Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), the divine Son of supreme grace and protection.