Deity: Kartikeya
Mantra
Devanagari:
वन्देहं कृत्तिकासूनवे नित्यं
ॐ शिखिवाहनाय नमो नमः
वन्देहं कृत्तिकासूनवे नित्यं
ॐ शिखिवाहनाय नमो नमः
Transliteration:
Vandeham Krittikasunave Nityam
Om Shikhivahanaya Namo Namaha
Vandeham Krittikasunave Nityam
Om Shikhivahanaya Namo Namaha
Translation:
I bow eternally unto the darling son nurtured by the six Krittikas,
Om, salutations again and again to Him whose vehicle is the divine peacock.
I bow eternally unto the darling son nurtured by the six Krittikas,
Om, salutations again and again to Him whose vehicle is the divine peacock.