Garudapurana 2.25.9

2.25.9

śūdrādīnāṃ kathaṃ kuryātsaṃśayo mauñjivarjanāt /
garbhācca navamaṃ hitvā śiśurāmāsaṣoḍaśam //

How should one proceed for Śūdras and others, since doubt arises from the absence of the sacred cord? / Omitting the nine months from the womb, he is a babe up to sixteen months;