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 13
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 22 · Verse 13
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Sanskrit Original
श्वोभूते दक्षिणां गत्वा दिशं दर्भान समाहितः। समूलानाहरेद वारि दक्षिणाग्रान सुनिर्मलान।।
śvobhūte dakṣiṇāṃ gatvā diśaṃ darbhān samāhitaḥ| samūlānāhared vāri dakṣiṇāgrān sunirmalān||
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(Defective verse). On the morning of the next day (i.e. on the Sraddha day) he should go in the southern direction and with great concentration bring the Kusa grass alongwith their roots, and (he shall place them) with their tips to the South and water (?). They shall be clean.