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