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 20
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 22 · Verse 20
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Sanskrit Original
ततो निवृत्ते मध्याह्ने लुप्तलोमनखान द्विजान। अभिगम्य यथामार्गं प्रयच्छेद दन्तधावनम।।
tato nivṛtte madhyāhne luptalomanakhān dvijān| abhigamya yathāmārgaṃ prayacched dantadhāvanam||
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(Defective verse). Then, after midday, he should approach the Brahmanas who have shaved their hairs and pared their nails and give unto them the tooth-brush twig.