Mantra
Devanagari:
ॐ मेधाविने विद्महे
मेखलिने धीमहि
तन्नः षण्मुखः प्रचोदयात्
Transliteration:
Om Medhavine Vidmahe
Mekhaline Dhimahi
Tannah Shanmukhah Prachodayat
Translation:
Om, may we know Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), the divine embodiment of retentive wisdom,
And meditate deeply upon Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), revered in the sacred epithet Mekhaline;
May six-faced Lord Shanmukha guide and enlighten our mind.