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 86
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 22 · Verse 86
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Sanskrit Original
अपि मूलैर्फलैर्वापि प्रकुर्यान्निर्धनो द्विजः। तिलोदकैस्तर्पयेद वा पितॄन स्नात्वा समाहितः।।
api mūlairphalairvāpi prakuryānnirdhano dvijaḥ| tilodakaistarpayed vā pitṝn snātvā samāhitaḥ||
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The husband and wife should observe celibacy on the night. After performing the Sraddha or partaking of it, he who indulges in sexual intercourse falls into the hell Maharaurava and then attains the birth of a worm.