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 87
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 22 · Verse 87
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Sanskrit Original
न जीवत्पितृको दद्याद्धोमान्तं चाभिधीयते। येषां वापि पिता दद्यात तेषां चैके प्रचक्षते।।
na jīvatpitṛko dadyāddhomāntaṃ cābhidhīyate| yeṣāṃ vāpi pitā dadyāt teṣāṃ caike pracakṣate||
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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.