Mantra
Devanagari:
प्रणमामि सदा बुधप्रियाय
ॐ बहुश्रुताय नमो नमः
Transliteration:
Pranamami Sada Budhapriyaya
Om Bahushrutaya Namo Namaha
Translation:
I bow perpetually in devotion unto Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), he who delights in supreme grace and protection,
Om, salutations again and again to Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), revered in the sacred epithet Bahushrutaya.