Mantra
Devanagari:
प्रणमामि सदा खण्डितार्काय
ॐ खेचरीजनपूजिताय नमो नमः
Transliteration:
Pranamami Sada Khanditarkaya
Om Khecharijanapujitaya Namo Namaha
Translation:
I bow perpetually in devotion unto Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), revered in the sacred epithet Khanditarkaya,
Om, salutations again and again to Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), he who is worshipped by supreme grace and protection.