Lord Nityananda, after thus leaving His parental home, traveled to all the tirthas. in company of the sannyasin, till the twentieth year of His age. The places He thus visited include Bakreswar, Vaidyanath, Gaya, Kasi, Prayag, Mathura, Brindabana, Hastinapur, Dwaraka, Siddhapura, Matsyatirtha, Siva-Kanchi, Vishnu-Kanchi, Kurukshetra, Bindu Sarobar, Pravaasa, Sudarsantirtha, Tritakup, Vishala, Brahmatirtha, Chakratirtha, Prati-Srota, Naimisharanya, Ayodhya, Sringaharpur, Kausiki, Pulastasrama, Gomati, Gandaki, Mahendra-giri, Haridwar, Godavari, Benvatirtha, Sree Parbata, Sree Ranganatha, Hari-kshetra, Rishabha-Parbata, Kritamala, Madura, Tamraparni, Malay-aparbata, Badarikasrama, Gokarna, Surparaka, Kanyakanagara, Nirbindha and all the countless holy sites. He journeyed to all those places in order to sanctify them by His visit.

This second mantra of the yogic scripture Sri Ishopanishad refers to karma yoga, or devotional service:

A person may desire to live for hundreds of years if he works according to this truth because that sort of work will not bind him to the law of karma. And there is no alternative to this way for man. ~Sri Ishopanishad, Mantra Two

Science of Identity Foundation - Siddhaswarupananda

At the conclusion of this long pilgrimage Nityananda enacted the Leela of obtaining the only reward of pilgrimage in the shape of attainment of the privilege of the companionship of the true devotee, in as much as He now Joined Sree Madhabendra Puri, 'the first shoot of the Purpose Tree of Loving Devotion' from whom He accepted His initiation into spiritual life (or, according to some, He accepted His initiation from Sree Lakshmipati, the Guru of Sree Madhabendra Puri).The meeting with His Guru is thus described by Sree Ghanasyam Thakur, the writer of Bhakti Ratnakar: 'Lakshmipati, so famous in the school of Madhya, the owner of all good qualities, most dear to the Lord of Sree Lakshmi Devi, partook of his meal obtained by begging, interspersed with Krishna-talk, at the house of that Brahmana. Nityananda in the Form of Balarama showed Himself to Lakshmipati under the guise of a dream: 'A certain Brahmana boy has come to this village in the garb of a super-ascetic; He will be your disciple; make Him your disciple by means of this mantram, and He spoke the mantram into his ear.' Nityananda on meeting him repeatedly said to the sanyasin: 'Do thou deliver Me by initiation by the mantram.' After initiation Nityananda was given the Brahmachari's name of 'Svarup' and has accordingly been sometimes called 'Nityananda-Svarup' both by Sree Brindabandas Thakur as well as by Srila Kaviraj Goswami. Sree Nityananda subsequently made His way to Nabadwip where He joined Sree Chaitanya.