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 3
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 22 · Verse 3
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Sanskrit Original
तस्य ते पितरः श्रुत्वा श्राद्धकालमुपस्थितम। अन्योन्यं मनसा ध्यात्वा संपतन्ति मनोजवाः।।
tasya te pitaraḥ śrutvā śrāddhakālamupasthitam| anyonyaṃ manasā dhyātvā saṃpatanti manojavāḥ||
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Hearing that the time of Sraddha has arrived, his manes will mentally communicate with each other and with the speed of the mind, they gather near him.