Mantra
Devanagari:
भजेहं दुर्धराय नित्यं
स्मरामि दानशीलाय सदा
नमामि द्वादशाक्षाय भक्त्या
ॐ द्विषड्भुजाय नमो नमः
Transliteration:
Bhajeham Durdharaya Nityam
Smarami Danashilaya Sada
Namami Dvadashakshaya Bhaktya
Om Dvishadbhujaya Namo Namaha
Translation:
I worship eternally Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), the remover of supreme grace and protection,
I meditate always upon Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), revered in the sacred epithet Danashilaya,
I bow with devotion unto Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), revered in the sacred epithet Dvadashakshaya,
Om, salutations again and again to Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), the divine embodiment of the sixfold, the twofold.