Garudapurana 2.8.3

2.8.3

teṣāmabhāve sarveṣāṃ samānodakasantatiḥ /
kuladvaye 'pi cocchinne strībhiḥ kāryāḥ kriyāḥ khaga //

In the absence of all these, the offspring of a samānodaka [is eligible]. / Even when both families are extinct, the rites are to be performed by women, O bird.