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 96
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 22 · Verse 96
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Sanskrit Original
मातृश्राद्धं तु पूर्वं स्यात पितॄणां स्यादनन्तरम। ततो मातामहानां तु वृद्धौ श्राद्धत्रयं स्मृतम।।
mātṛśrāddhaṃ tu pūrvaṃ syāt pitṝṇāṃ syādanantaram| tato mātāmahānāṃ tu vṛddhau śrāddhatrayaṃ smṛtam||
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One can offer Sraddha unto one’s father, grandfather and great grandfather. He should offer Sraddha unto him who is his beloved* and not to anyone else.