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 97
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 22 · Verse 97
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Sanskrit Original
दवपूर्वं प्रदद्याद वै न कुर्यादप्रदक्षिणम। प्राङ्मुखो निर्वपेत पिण्डानुपवीती समाहितः।।
davapūrvaṃ pradadyād vai na kuryādapradakṣiṇam| prāṅmukho nirvapet piṇḍānupavītī samāhitaḥ||
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One must feed him with devotion who is alive and to his satisfaction. One who is pure and self-controlled does not give unto the dead by transgressing the living one.