ॐ शोकनाशनाय विद्महे
षाण्मातुराय धीमहि
तन्नः षण्मुखः प्रचोदयात्
Om Shokanashanaya Vidmahe
Shanmaturaya Dhimahi
Tannah Shanmukhah Prachodayat
Om, may we know Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), the destroyer of grief,
And meditate deeply upon Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), revered in the sacred epithet Shanmaturaya;
May six-faced Lord Shanmukha guide and enlighten our mind.