Mantra
Devanagari:
प्रणमामि सदा ऊर्ध्वाय
ॐ ऊर्ध्वलोकैकनायकाय नमो नमः
Transliteration:
Pranamami Sada Urdhvaya
Om Urdhvalokaikanayakaya Namo Namaha
Translation:
I bow perpetually in devotion unto Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), revered in the sacred epithet Urdhvaya,
Om, salutations again and again to Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), the supreme leader of the worlds.