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 95
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 22 · Verse 95
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Sanskrit Original
दर्भाश्च ऋजवः कार्या युग्मान वै भोजयेद द्विजान। नान्दीमुखास्तु पितरः प्रीयन्तामिति वाचयेत।।
darbhāśca ṛjavaḥ kāryā yugmān vai bhojayed dvijān| nāndīmukhāstu pitaraḥ prīyantāmiti vācayet||
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A person whose father is alive should not perform Sraddha. Some say that he can perform Sraddha to those Pitrs to whom his father offers Sraddha. Or he can perform those rites upto the Homa.