Mantra
Devanagari:
प्रणमामि सदा पूर्णानन्दाय
ॐ परात्पराय नमो नमः
Transliteration:
Pranamami Sada Purnanandaya
Om Paratparaya Namo Namaha
Translation:
I bow perpetually in devotion unto Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), the giver of supreme grace and protection,
Om, salutations again and again to Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), revered in the sacred epithet Paratparaya.