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 98
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 22 · Verse 98
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Sanskrit Original
पूर्वं तु मातरः पूज्या भक्त्या वै सगणेश्वराः। स्थण्डिलेषु विचित्रेषु प्रतिमासु द्विजातिषु।।
pūrvaṃ tu mātaraḥ pūjyā bhaktyā vai sagaṇeśvarāḥ| sthaṇḍileṣu vicitreṣu pratimāsu dvijātiṣu||
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Dvyamu^yayamka?- son of two fathers i.e. natural as well as father by adoption) shall offer Sraddha to both. Similarly a son born of the Niyoga rite should perform Sraddha to his progenitor as well as the dead husband of his mother. Then he shall be the true heir.