Mantra
Devanagari:
प्रणमामि सदा इभवक्त्रानुजाय
ॐ इष्टाय नमो नमः
Transliteration:
Pranamami Sada Ibhavaktranujaya
Om Ishtaya Namo Namaha
Translation:
I bow perpetually in devotion unto Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), revered in the sacred epithet Ibhavaktranujaya,
Om, salutations again and again to Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), revered in the sacred epithet Ishtaya.