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 26
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 22 · Verse 26
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Sanskrit Original
द्वौ दैवे प्राङ्मुखौ पित्र्ये त्रयश्चोदङ्मुखास्तथा। एकैकं वा भवेत तत्र देवमातामहेष्वपि।।
dvau daive prāṅmukhau pitrye trayaścodaṅmukhāstathā| ekaikaṃ vā bhavet tatra devamātāmaheṣvapi||
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Two (Brahmanas) shall represent Visvedevas (?) They shall face the east. Three Brahmanas represent the Pitrs They face the north. One shall represent PitamaAd (grandfather) and one shall represent Matamaha (maternal grandfather) Or one Brahmana represents gods and one paternal and maternal grandfather.