Mantra
Devanagari:
ॐ षडरिघ्नाय विद्महे
षडाश्रयाय धीमहि
तन्नः षण्मुखः प्रचोदयात्
Transliteration:
Om Shadarighnaya Vidmahe
Shadashrayaya Dhimahi
Tannah Shanmukhah Prachodayat
Translation:
Om, may we know Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), the destroyer of the sixfold,
And meditate deeply upon Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), the refuge of the sixfold;
May six-faced Lord Shanmukha guide and enlighten our mind.