Mantra
Devanagari:
ॐ पुष्कलाय विद्महे
प्रवराय धीमहि
तन्नः षण्मुखः प्रचोदयात्
Transliteration:
Om Pushkalaya Vidmahe
Pravaraya Dhimahi
Tannah Shanmukhah Prachodayat
Translation:
Om, may we know Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), revered in the sacred epithet Pushkalaya,
And meditate deeply upon Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), revered in the sacred epithet Pravaraya;
May six-faced Lord Shanmukha guide and enlighten our mind.