Mantra
Devanagari:
प्रणमामि सदा जनप्रियाय
ॐ झञ्झानिलमहावेगाय नमो नमः
Transliteration:
Pranamami Sada Janapriyaya
Om Jhanjhanilamahavegaya 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 Jhanjhanilamahavegaya.