Mantra
Devanagari:
प्रणमामि सदा धूतकिल्बिषाय
ॐ धर्महेतवे नमो नमः
Transliteration:
Pranamami Sada Dhutakilbishaya
Om Dharmahetave Namo Namaha
Translation:
I bow perpetually in devotion unto Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), revered in the sacred epithet Dhutakilbishaya,
Om, salutations again and again to Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), the divine embodiment of righteousness.