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