Mantra
Devanagari:
ॐ जगत्साक्षिणे विद्महे
जगत्प्रियाय धीमहि
तन्नः षण्मुखः प्रचोदयात्
Transliteration:
Om Jagatsakshine Vidmahe
Jagatpriyaya Dhimahi
Tannah Shanmukhah Prachodayat
Translation:
Om, may we know Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), the divine embodiment of the cosmos,
And meditate deeply upon Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), he who delights in the cosmos;
May six-faced Lord Shanmukha guide and enlighten our mind.