By the way, assuming that Adi Shankaracharya is a Vishwakarma Brahmana, what would his Gotra Pravara be? As I discuss in my question and answer here, Vishwakarma had a three-headed son named Trisiras who was killed by Indra. Was Adi Shankaracharya a descendant of Trisiras? Also, other people believe Adi Shankaracharya was a Namboothiri Brahmana.
I belong to the Vishwakarma community and am not able to decide on the caste (Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya or Shudra) I belong. As per my knowledge and learning, even the Vedas, Manusmriti and other granthas are not unanimous on this.
VISHWAKARMA IN VEDAS: Vedas use Vishwakarman most often as an adjective not the name of a person; it is an epithet for the Supreme God since He is the one who creates everything. This is evident from Rig Veda Book 10, Verse 81 which describes Vishwakarman similar to the way the Cosmic Purush is described: HE who sate down as Hotar-priest, the Ṛṣi, our Father, offering up all things ...
In Vayu Purana - Book 2 -Chapter 22 its mentioned that Virocanā was Praladas daughter and sister of Vairocana (son of Prahlada) was the wife of Tvashta , the next few shlokas also mention Surya getting married to Vishwakarma's daughter Samjana. . प्रह्लादी विश्रुता तस्य त्वष्टुः पत्नी विरोचना ...
The verses you shared do point to that conclusion but it seems unlikely that Maya Danav would be related to Vishwakarma since he is mentioned in the Mahabharata as a brother of Namuchi, an Asura who was killed by Indra. According to the Khandav Dahan Parva of Mahabharat: "And it so happened that the slayer of Madhu suddenly beheld an Asura of the name of Maya escaping from the abode of ...