Mantra
Devanagari:
प्रणमामि सदा हंसरूपाय
ॐ हुङ्कारहतकिल्बिषाय नमो नमः
Transliteration:
Pranamami Sada Hamsarupaya
Om Hunkarahatakilbishaya Namo Namaha
Translation:
I bow perpetually in devotion unto Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), he whose form is supreme grace and protection,
Om, salutations again and again to Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), revered in the sacred epithet Hunkarahatakilbishaya.