Mantra
Devanagari:
प्रणमामि सदा शत्रुघ्नाय
ॐ शिखिवाहनाय नमो नमः
Transliteration:
Pranamami Sada Shatrughnaya
Om Shikhivahanaya Namo Namaha
Translation:
I bow perpetually in devotion unto Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), the destroyer of enemies,
Om, salutations again and again to Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), revered in the sacred epithet Shikhivahanaya.