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 38
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 22 · Verse 38
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Sanskrit Original
ततस्त्वावाहयेद देवान ब्राह्मणानामनुज्ञया। उदङ्मुखो यथान्यायं विश्वे देवास इत्यृचा।।
tatastvāvāhayed devān brāhmaṇānāmanujñayā| udaṅmukho yathānyāyaṃ viśve devāsa ityṛcā||
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Then with the permission of the Brahmanas, he should invoke Devas by means of the Rk Visvedevdsah (RV. II, 41. 13) etc. H e shall duly recite it and face the north.