Mantra
Devanagari:
ॐ शोकनाशनाय विद्महे
षाण्मातुराय धीमहि
तन्नः षण्मुखः प्रचोदयात्
Transliteration:
Om Shokanashanaya Vidmahe
Shanmaturaya Dhimahi
Tannah Shanmukhah Prachodayat
Translation:
Om, may we know Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), the destroyer of grief,
And meditate deeply upon Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), revered in the sacred epithet Shanmaturaya;
May six-faced Lord Shanmukha guide and enlighten our mind.