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 61
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 22 · Verse 61
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Sanskrit Original
न दद्यात तत्र हस्तेन प्रत्यक्षलवणं तथा। न चायसेन पात्रेण न चैवाश्रद्धया पुनः।।
na dadyāt tatra hastena pratyakṣalavaṇaṃ tathā| na cāyasena pātreṇa na caivāśraddhayā punaḥ||
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The Pindas may be given to cows, goats, or Brahmanas or cast into fire or water. The wife, desirous of a son, may eat the middle Pinda.^