Mantra
Devanagari:
ॐ कूष्माण्डायै विद्महे
स्कन्दमात्रे धीमहि
तन्नो दुर्गी प्रचोदयात्
Transliteration:
Om Kushmandayai Vidmahe
Skandamatre Dhimahi
Tanno Durgi Prachodayat
Translation:
Om, may we know Kushmanda, fourth Navadurga form who radiated the cosmos,
And meditate deeply upon Skandamata, fifth Navadurga form and Mother of Kartikeya;
May Goddess Durga protect and illuminate our consciousness.