In the cycle that followed, viz., Treta, children were begotten by touch alone. The people of that cycle even, O king, had no necessity of sexual intercourse.
ततस्त्रेतायुगे काले संस्पर्शाज्जायते प्रजा। न ह्यभून्मैथुनो धर्मस्तेषामपि जनाधिप॥