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 11
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 22 · Verse 11
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Sanskrit Original
निमन्त्रितस्तु यः श्राद्धे प्रकुर्यात कलहं द्विजः। भवन्ति तस्य तन्मासं पितरो मलभोजनाः।।
nimantritastu yaḥ śrāddhe prakuryāt kalahaṃ dvijaḥ| bhavanti tasya tanmāsaṃ pitaro malabhojanāḥ||
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If a Brahmana, invited for a Sraddha were to quarrel, the Pitrs of that Brahmana become the eaters of filth that month.