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 9
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 22 · Verse 9
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Sanskrit Original
श्राद्धे निमन्त्रितो विप्रो मैथुनं यो ऽधिगच्छति। ब्रह्महत्यामवाप्नोति तिर्यग्योनौ च जायते।।
śrāddhe nimantrito vipro maithunaṃ yo 'dhigacchati| brahmahatyāmavāpnoti tiryagyonau ca jāyate||
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If a Brahmana invited for partaking of the Sraddha indulges in sexual intercourse, he incurs the sin of a Brahmana- slaughter. He is reborn as an animal.