Mantra
Devanagari:
प्रणमामि सदा पुरुषोत्तमाय
ॐ प्रसन्नाय नमो नमः
Transliteration:
Pranamami Sada Purushottamaya
Om Prasannaya Namo Namaha
Translation:
I bow perpetually in devotion unto Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), revered in the sacred epithet Purushottamaya,
Om, salutations again and again to Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), the ever-gracious and serene Lord.