Mantra
Devanagari:
ॐ जितामित्राय विद्महे
जगद्गुरवे धीमहि
तन्नः षण्मुखः प्रचोदयात्
Transliteration:
Om Jitamitraya Vidmahe
Jagadgurave Dhimahi
Tannah Shanmukhah Prachodayat
Translation:
Om, may we know Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), revered in the sacred epithet Jitamitraya,
And meditate deeply upon Lord Subrahmanya (Kartikeya), the spiritual preceptor of the universe;
May six-faced Lord Shanmukha guide and enlighten our mind.