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 48
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 22 · Verse 48
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Sanskrit Original
अग्न्यभावे तु विप्रस्य पाणावेवोपपादयेत। महादेवान्तिके वाथ गोष्ठे वा सुसमाहितः।।
agnyabhāve tu viprasya pāṇāvevopapādayet| mahādevāntike vātha goṣṭhe vā susamāhitaḥ||
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In case fire is not available one should make use of the right hand of the Brahmanas. Or he shall perform it near god Mahadeva or in a cowshed with due concentration.