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 55
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 22 · Verse 55
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Sanskrit Original
सूपशाकफलानीक्षून पयो दधि घृतं मधु। अन्नं चैव यथाकामं विविधं भक्ष्यपेयकम।।
sūpaśākaphalānīkṣūn payo dadhi ghṛtaṃ madhu| annaṃ caiva yathākāmaṃ vividhaṃ bhakṣyapeyakam||
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After they have started taking food, he should strew the cooked rice of the Pindas in front of them on the ground. He should ask them “What shall I do with this rice ? (?) When they are satisfied, he should make them perform the Acamana rite. After they have performed the Acamana, he should urge them saying ‘‘Be diverted all round”. The Brahmanas will say then Svadha be to you.