After the study of Vedic practices, and related lore too, I tend to feel that Hinduism restricts obtaining results like Moksham through prayers for the living beings alone, that too during their span of life.
And in most cases, as a pretham, pitru or some spirit, the dead person reaches a state where he or she is a sort of deva or some such being, to whom we pray.
Even in Shraddha or aparakriya mantrams, we are usually praying to the respective spirits and the accompanying Vishvedevas and the protector of Shraddha the Vishnu.
This being the case, I doubt whether anyone can pray for the dead.
If we are seeking moksha the person after his death, dead, we could attain that moksha when the life is about to leave the human body, that too, following the theory of Karma.
We have to infer that if we do not attain emancipation by the time of death, the soul or jiva has to assume another body, wear out the Karma and once again attempt to attain moksha.
Therefore, the prayer if any for Moksha seems to be possible only before death, that too preferably by the person who is inheriting the Karma..
Of course, we comprehend Hindu ethos often in a hotchpotch manner and some swami or Periyavaal may hold a different view too.
However, this is what I could understand after all these years of study.
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