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 81
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 22 · Verse 81
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Sanskrit Original
श्राद्धं भुक्त्वा परश्राद्धं भुञ्जते ये द्विजातयः। महापातिकिभिस्तुल्या यान्ति ते नरकान बहून।।
śrāddhaṃ bhuktvā paraśrāddhaṃ bhuñjate ye dvijātayaḥ| mahāpātikibhistulyā yānti te narakān bahūn||
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After eulogising and bidding farewell to the Bramanas, he should stand silently before the Pitrs facing the southern direction and beg of the Pitrs these boons.