Mantra
Devanagari:
प्रणमामि सदा पावकोद्भवाय
ॐ परब्रह्मस्वरूपाय नमो नमः
Transliteration:
Pranamami Sada Pavakodbhavaya
Om Parabrahmasvarupaya Namo Namaha
Translation:
I bow perpetually in devotion unto Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), revered in the sacred epithet Pavakodbhavaya,
Om, salutations again and again to Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), he whose true nature is supreme grace and protection.