Mantra
Devanagari:
ॐ कलाधराय विद्महे
ख्याताय धीमहि
तन्नः षण्मुखः प्रचोदयात्
Transliteration:
Om Kaladharaya Vidmahe
Khyataya Dhimahi
Tannah Shanmukhah Prachodayat
Translation:
Om, may we know Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), the master of all sacred arts and digits of light,
And meditate deeply upon Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), revered in the sacred epithet Khyataya;
May six-faced Lord Shanmukha guide and enlighten our mind.