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