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Sanatan Dharma

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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 52

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 22 · Verse 52

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Sanskrit Original

न्युप्य पिण्डांस्तु तं हस्तं निमृज्याल्लेपभागिनाम। तेषु दर्भेष्वथाचम्य त्रिरायम्य शनैरसून। तदन्नं तु नमस्कुर्यात पितॄनेव च मन्त्रवित।।

nyupya piṇḍāṃstu taṃ hastaṃ nimṛjyāllepabhāginām| teṣu darbheṣvathācamya trirāyamya śanairasūn| tadannaṃ tu namaskuryāt pitṝneva ca mantravit||

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After placing the Pindas he shall wipe off the hand on the Darbha grass to remove the greasiness to Pitrs who partake of the Lepa?- He should then perform the Acamana rite thrice. He shall smell the cooked rice thrice slowly. The knowerof the Mantras then shall make obeisance unto the Pitrs.