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 56
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 22 · Verse 56
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Sanskrit Original
यद यदिष्टं द्विजेन्द्राणां तत्सर्वं विनिवेदयेत। धान्यांस्तिलांश्च विविधान शर्करा विविधास्तथा।।
yad yadiṣṭaṃ dvijendrāṇāṃ tatsarvaṃ vinivedayet| dhānyāṃstilāṃśca vividhān śarkarā vividhāstathā||
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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.