Mantra
Devanagari:
प्रणमामि सदा गोस्तुताय
ॐ गगनेचराय नमो नमः
Transliteration:
Pranamami Sada Gostutaya
Om Gaganecharaya Namo Namaha
Translation:
I bow perpetually in devotion unto Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), he who is praised by supreme grace and protection,
Om, salutations again and again to Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), revered in the sacred epithet Gaganecharaya.