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 83
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 22 · Verse 83
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Sanskrit Original
अनग्निरध्वगो वापि तथैव व्यसनान्वितः। आमश्राद्धं द्विजः कुर्याद विधिज्ञः श्रद्धयान्वितः। तेनाग्नौ करणं कुर्यात पिण्डांस्तेनैव निर्वपेत।।
anagniradhvago vāpi tathaiva vyasanānvitaḥ| āmaśrāddhaṃ dvijaḥ kuryād vidhijñaḥ śraddhayānvitaḥ| tenāgnau karaṇaṃ kuryāt piṇḍāṃstenaiva nirvapet||
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He shall give the Pindasto the cows, goats or Brah¬ manas. Or he should consign them to the fire or to the water. The wife who is desirous of a son shall partake of the middle Pinda.