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 34
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 22 · Verse 34
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Sanskrit Original
हीनाङ्गः पतितः कुष्ठी व्रणी पुक्कसनास्तिकौ। कुक्कुटाः शूकराः श्वानो वर्ज्याः श्राद्धेषु दूरतः।।
hīnāṅgaḥ patitaḥ kuṣṭhī vraṇī pukkasanāstikau| kukkuṭāḥ śūkarāḥ śvāno varjyāḥ śrāddheṣu dūrataḥ||
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The following shall be shunned and kept at a great distance from Sraddhas viz. one who is deficient in any limb, a fallen one, a leper, one with running sores, an atheist, a cock, a pig and a dog.