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 41
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 22 · Verse 41
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Sanskrit Original
अपसव्यं ततः कृत्वा पितॄणां दक्षिणामुखः। आवाहनं ततः कुर्यादुशन्तस्त्वेत्यृचा बुधः।।
apasavyaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā pitṝṇāṃ dakṣiṇāmukhaḥ| āvāhanaṃ tataḥ kuryāduśantastvetyṛcā budhaḥ||
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He shall then turn round anticlockwise and face the south, repeating the Rk. Usantas Tvd (RV. X. 16. 12) etc. the learned man shall invoke the Pitrs,