Mantra
Devanagari:
प्रणमामि सदा दृढव्रताय
ॐ दुर्लभाय नमो नमः
Transliteration:
Pranamami Sada Dridhavrataya
Om Durlabhaya Namo Namaha
Translation:
I bow perpetually in devotion unto Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), revered in the sacred epithet Dridhavrataya,
Om, salutations again and again to Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), revered in the sacred epithet Durlabhaya.