Rules for performance of Sraddha^ {contd.) Vydsa said : 1-2. Having purified the ground with cowdung and water on the day previous to that of Sraddha, the performer of iSraddha should invite the Brahmanas with the above-mentioned quilifications, through good persons with the invitation : “Tomorrow there will be Sraddka at my place.” If this is not possible, he may invite on the next day® (i.e, on the day of Sraddha. - Verse 100
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 22 · Verse 100
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Sanskrit Original
अकृत्वा मातृयागं तु यः श्राद्धं परिवेषयेत। तस्य क्रोधसमाविष्टा हिंसामिच्छन्ति मातरः।।
akṛtvā mātṛyāgaṃ tu yaḥ śrāddhaṃ pariveṣayet| tasya krodhasamāviṣṭā hiṃsāmicchanti mātaraḥ||
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He should prepare two separate Pindas to the K^etrin (mother’s husband) and to the Bijin (progenitor). He should proclaim the Kfetrin and the Bijin in the course of the rite.^ The Ekoddista type of Sraddha is to be performed on the (anni¬ versary) day of the death in accordance with the procedure. When the Asauca (impurity) period is over, he can perform any Kamya rite as he pleases. *v.l. mryate ‘is dead’, is better as Sraddha is to be offered to the dead.