Mantra
Devanagari:
प्रणमामि सदा विद्येशाय
ॐ विबुधाश्रयाय नमो नमः
Transliteration:
Pranamami Sada Vidyeshaya
Om Vibudhashrayaya Namo Namaha
Translation:
I bow perpetually in devotion unto Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), revered in the sacred epithet Vidyeshaya,
Om, salutations again and again to Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), the refuge of supreme grace and protection.