Mantra
Devanagari:
प्रणमामि सदा रुचिकृते
ॐ रोचमानाय नमो नमः
Transliteration:
Pranamami Sada Ruchikrite
Om Rochamanaya Namo Namaha
Translation:
I bow perpetually in devotion unto Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), the author of supreme grace and protection,
Om, salutations again and again to Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), revered in the sacred epithet Rochamanaya.